Cash-register.



W. H. MUZZY.

, CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 16, 1907.

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W. H. MUZZY. l

CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION IILBD 00T. 26, 1907.`

Patented NOV. 8, 1910.

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W. H. MUZZY.

CASH REGISTER.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T. ze. 1907.

Patented Nov.8,1910.

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`cash 'receptacle UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. MUZZY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOB TO THE NATIONAL CASHREGISTER COHPANY, OF DAYTON,-0HIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO, (INCORPORATEDIN 1906.)

CASH-REGISTER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 8, 1910.'

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. MUzzY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-Registers, of whichI declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in cash registers, and has moreparticular relation to improvements in reglsters of the so calledmultiple drawer type in which each clerk is provided 4with a separatecompartment in which to deposit his cash.

The principal object of this invention is to provide mechanism, whereby,cash receptacles are operated by hand to set them for exposure.

A further object is to provide mechanism, whereby, a series ofaccounting devices are set, or controlled according to the setting by`hand Aof a series of different clerks cash receptacles. y

A further object of this invention is to provide a rotary cashreceptacle having a series of independent sections, which may be exposedindependently.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, theessential elements of which are set forth in appended claims and apreferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter specificallydescribed with reference to the drawings which accompany,'and form partof this specification.

Of said drawings: Figure 1 represents a vertical transverse sectionthrough the devices embodying my invention applied to the type of thermachine shown in the patent granted to Thomas Carroll, July 1, 1902,Number 703,639. Fig. 2 represents an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3represents a detailed top plan View of the rotary till, or

Fig. 4 represents a detailed front elevation of one of the counters, andits kactuating racks; and Fig. 5 represents a detail elevation of thecrank handle and the operating gearing.

Described in general terms this invention comprises a plurality ofmovable accounting devices anyone of which is arranged to be broughtinto position by a rotatable cash receptacle, to have entered thereonany suitable record. The said cash receptacle is di- Regz'stcm'ng andindicating meckam'sf 1.- 465 A plurality of groups of manipulativedevices, such as keys, control the extent of movement imparted to theregistering and indicating mechanisms upon the operation of the machine.Each bank of keys 1, as shown'in Fig. l, controls a differentiallyymovable segment 2 which is loosely mounted upon a rock shaft 3. Eachsegment 2 meshes With a gear 4 fastened to the inner end of one of aseries of nested sleeves 5, which surround a rotary shaft 6. The gears 4mesh with pimons 7 connected to the indicators 8 and to the pinions 9which are arranged to be connected to the counter wheels 10, all ofwhich is fully shown and described in the patent heretofore mentionedand reference is made to said patent for any further detail description.

Cash receptacle-This receptacle is rotatably mounted within the casingof the machine and is divided into a `plurality of compartments anyoneof which may be brought beneath an opening formed in the receptaclecasing. Fastened to the cash receptacle 11 and extendin through itscenter is a rod 12 -the'lower en of which is suitably supported in thecasing 13. A channel 14: is formed in the bottom of the vcasing 13 inwhich play a plurality of balls 15 that engage a ring 16 fastened in agroove on the underside of the cash receptacle so that the receptaclemay be easily rotated. i A plurality of operating handles or knobs 17,three for each com artment, extend radially from the edge o thereceptacle and are arranged to pass through a slot 18 cut in the frontwall of the casing 13. The center knob of each compartment group islettered, see Fig. 3, so that when this knobof any desired compartmentis broughtv beneath a pointer 19 secured to the front wall of the casingthe operatorvwill know that the compartment is in position to be exposedthrough an opening 20 formed in the upper front ortion of the casing 13shown 1n Fig. 3 y a heavy dot and dash line. Beneath this opening is acover or lid 45 is of the same pitch as the Segments 2 and 21 for thatpart of the receptacle which is below said opening. This lid is looselymounted upon the vertical rod 12 and has a provided with a beveled lu 23that normally engages the lower en of a Vertical rod or arm and holdssaid lid between the opening and the compartment below against thetension spring 25, one end of which is connected to the lid and theother end to a pin 26 projecting from one of the frames of the machine.A lug 75 projecting upwardly from the lid 21 contacts with the sides ofthe opening 2O and thereby limits l the movement of said lid. The upperend of .the arm 24 is provided with an elongated slot 27, through whicha rotary shaft 28 extends, and also with an anti-friction roller 29 withwhich a cam 30 secured to the shaft 28 contacts near the end of therotation of said shaft and thereby elevates said rod 24, so as to raisethe lower end out of engagement with the lug 23. The shafts 6 and 28 arerotated by an operating handle 31 and suitable intervening gears 32 asshown in Fig. 5. Upon the beginning of movement of the operating handle31 a cam 33 secured 4to the shaft 28 will cam the upwardly andrearwardly extending arm 34 of a three arm lever downwardly, lthemovement of which will carry the lower end kof an arm 35 of vsaid leverinto engagement with the teeth of a lgear wheel 36 and vlock said wheelfrom rotation. This wheel meshes with a similar wheel 37 :secured to`lid, passing under the arm 39 of the three arm lever and therebycamming 'it Vupward and holding the lower end of the-arm"35 intoengagement with the teeth of 'gear wheel 36.

A spring 80 returns the three yarm Ylever to normal position when thelid is closed and the cam 33 is at home.V

Accounting laringe-These :devices Vare in the form of totalizers and arekmounted upon a drum which is arranged to be .revolved by the multiplecompartment cash receptacle,

.there being as many totalizers as .there are compartments in the cashreceptacle. Fastened 'to the gear wheel 36 is a ibevel pinion 40, whichmeshes with a similar "pinion 41 secured, to the inner end of ahorizontal shaft 42, which is supported inthe frame work of the machine,the wheel 36 and pinion 40 being supported by a frame 43 suitablymounted upon the casing. A pinion 44 is fastened to the shaft 42 andmeshes with a large gear wheel 45 which is loosely mountedv upon therock shaft 3. This wheel engages with agear 4 similarly to Said segjments.

gwheel 45 1neshes is arranged to rotate a rearwardly projectingextension 22 which 1s The gear 4 with which the gear clerks indicator(not shown) in a similar manner to the amount indicators, so as toindicate to the customers and clerks which compartment Vof the cashreceptacle is in position to be exposed. This gear 4Ydoes not actuatethe main counter and is not fastened to a sleeve 5 like the other gearsbut is loosely mounted upon the outermost one of said sleeves. The outerend of shaft. 42, see Fig. 2, has'secured to it a gear V46 which mesheswith a similar gear 47 mounted upon the frame of the machine. Thislatter gear engages a gear 48 secured to the side of a drum 49 carryingfour totalizers 50, the unitary drum being mounted in a frame 51, whichis reciprocated by a cam groove 52 formed in a disk 53 and in whichplays a pin 54 projecting from the said frame. The disk 53 is. securedto one end of the shaft 6 which is rotated by the crank handle 31 andthe gears 32. AS previously described the gears 4 driven by the segments2 are secured to the inner ends of nested sleeves 5, the outer ends ofwhich are fastened to yokes 55 equipped with segmental racks 56 withwhich the totalizers 50, mounted in the sliding frame, are brought intoengagement, which is fully shown and described in the :aforementionedpatent.

Having described the invention in ldetail a brief description of itsoperation will now be given.

Clerk A having made Ia sale rof $5 rotates the cash receptacle until thelettered knob 17 of his compartment is beneath the pointer 19, whichmovement through the previously described gearing will rotate the clerksindicator to exhibit A and will bring his totalizer 50 into position tobe raised into engagement with the segmental racks 56 upon the operationof the machine. He then depresses the $5 key and turns the handle 31,the first movement of which, will through the gearing 32 rotate theshaft 28 so that the cam 33 mounted thereon will force the arm 34 of thethree'arm lever downward and the lower end of arm 35 of said lever intoengagement with the teeth of the gear 36 thereby locking the latter andconsequently the cash receptacle 11 which is geared thereto. Thecontinued operation of the handle 31 will bring the totalizer 50, whichhas reviously been set by th'e cash receptacle, into engagement with thesegments 56 by the cam disk 53, after which one'of the segments will bemoved to register $5 upon the totalizer. Just previous to the end of theoperation of the machine cam 30 will engage the roller 29 and raise thelower end of rod 24 out of engagement with the lug 24 so that thespring.25 will draw the lid 21 from over clerks A compartment; themovement of said lid being limited by the lug 7 5 contacting with theside of the opening 20. While the lid21 is open the strip 38 Securedthereto will be under the lower end of the forward arm 39 of the threearm lever, thereby holding the arm in engagement with the teeth of thegear wheel 36, so that if the handle 3 1 is at home the cash receptaclewill be locked from rotation.

By having thecash receptacle geared to the accounting devices it willbeseenl that it is absolutely impossible to actuate one\ accounting deviceand exposea different cash receptacle, as would be the case if the cashreceptacle and accounting devices were controlled by separatemechanisms. n

Wfliile the form of device here shown and described is admirably adaptedto fuliil the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that itis not desired to confine the invention to one form of embodiment heredisclosed, for it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms, allcomingv within the Lscope ofthe claims which follow.

that is claimed is: l. In a cash register, the combination with a seriesof accounting devices, of a cash receptacle divided for differentclerks,

means for moving the receptacle for exposing dierent portions thereof,and connections between. the receptacle and the accounting devices, forgiving said accounting devices movement corresponding to that given thereceptacle.l i

2. In a cash register, the combination 'with a series of independentaccounting devices, of a series of cash safes manually ad.- justable topositions exposing the contents of any desired safe, and connections forsetting the accounting devices by the exposing movement of said safes.

3. In a cash register, the combination with a series of totalizers, of arotary cash receptacle divided' for different clerks, and

means controlled by the cash receptacle for selecting the propertotalizers.

e. In a cash register, the combination with an operating mechanism, of amovable cash drawer divided into compartments for different clerks andarranged to be operated n ported thereby, a manually operable cash lreceptacle, and permanent connections between said receptacle and saidunitary drum for bringing any desired totaliz'er into operative relationwith said operating mechanism by manual operation of said receptacle. l

7. In a cash register, the combination with a series of independentaccounting devices, of a cash receptacle divided for different clerksand arranged to have a dierential movement for exposing different por-vtions thereof, and means controlled by the cash receptacle for settingthe accounting devices according to the movement of said receptacle.

8. In a cash register, the combination with a cash receptacle lhaving aplurality of compartments, and mounted to be manually rotated to bringany desired compartment to a desired position; of a guarding platenormally preventing access to the receptacle compartment at said desiredposition, and connections from said guarding plate constructed toprevent movement of said receptacle while the plate is out of its normalposition Y In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

VILLIALM H. MUZZY.

Witnesses:

R. vW. FAIRCHILD, J. K. Pmissmenn.

